i think this afternoon you'll need maybe a wind breaker or wet shirt because the winds will be out of the south, southwest at times gusting to 20, 25 miles an hour, maybe 30. high around 65. still talking 62 at 5:00 p.m. sunrise this morning happening at about 6:30 or so. it will be in the 7:00 a.m. hour next week. patchy high clouds are moving across areas of kentucky and west virginia now. in a few hours they'll be coming over us. when you step out this morning, yeah, maybe a heavier jacket. we're in the 30s. upper 20s in martinsburg and cumberland but where the winds are up, luray is 45. we're at 40. 40 in southern maryland as well. looking at highs in the low 60s near the bay. 365 here in d.c. -- about 65 here in d.c. how about traffic? i'm sorry to say not that great. we have lots to tell you right now. i'll start off with southern maryland where around accident cleanup continues right here on the westbound side of route 228 at route 229.

another accident on the northbound side of route 210 at swan creek road. let's go over to virginia on the graphics. on the northbound side of 95, 7100 watch out for a fuel spill. sky 9 is headed that way. over in gainesville route 29 northbound at route 15 is shut down with an accident. so lots to tell you about in virginia and southern maryland. let's take a live look on the northbound side of i-95. here in springfield it's just bunching up trying to get to the beltway. we'll goafer over to 39 -- go over to 395 on the northbound side where you'll still doing fine leaving edsall a little slow in landmark. coming up in the next report an update on those accidents at 6:11. at the top of the hour we're counting the results from super tuesday. and it's a mixed bag for the republican candidates. while you slept mitt romney was declared the winner in ohio. his margin of victory about 12,000 votes. romney won five other states including virginia. >> but it was no knockout by

any means. rick santorum held his own. he won three states including tennessee. he vows he is staying in the race. >> newt gingrich fulfilled his promise to win his home state of georgia. ron paul failed to capture a single state. delia goncalves joins us to break it all down. >> good morning. >> reporter: good morning. even though it seems ron paul was the loser out of last night's candidates, he is still vowing to press on with the race. so that means we are likely to see a very full field of candidates vowing for the republican nomination. a total of 1144 delegates are needed to win the party at this summer's convention. so far mitt romney is leading the pack with 415 delegates. santorum has 176. gingrich has about 105 and ron paul trails with just 47

delegates. >> tonight we're doing some counting. we're counting up the delegates for the convention and it looks good and we're counting down the days till november and that looks even better. >> as it looks right now, we're going to get at least a couple gold medals and a whole packet full of silver medals. >> i'm here first of all to say thank you to each and every one of you because you are the reason we survived every effort of the establishment. >> are we going to win? we always win, right? >> closer to home, romney walked away with a clear victory in virginia but his only competition locally was ron paul. we'll have a closer look at our local race coming up in my next live report in a half-hour. i'll see you then. >> we'll see you then, delia goncalves live now in our satellite center this morning. some other news and notes from super tuesday. the guy known as joe the plumber won the republican primary in a house race in

ohio. he will face mary captor in november. she beat fellow congressman dennis kucinich in a democratic primary. they were pitted against each other because district lines were redrawn. >> on itself same day republicans held their super tuesday votes, president obama held his first news conference of the year. one of the topics, the violent crackdown in syria. the president called the situation heartbreaking. >> it's not a question of when assad leaves or if assad leaves. it's a question of when. he has lost legitimacy of his people. it's my belief that ultimately this dictator will fall as dictators in the past have fallen. >> later in the day, the president addressed the issue of rising gas prices. he said it means we need to

find other energy sources. >> yes, we've got to produce more oil and natural gas. we are game for that. it also means we've got to invest in the energy sources of future. we've got to invest in clean energy. we've got to invest if efficiency. we've got to make sure the advanced batteries for electric cars, for example, are manufactured here in the united states. >> here's a check on where gas prices are this morning. in the d.c. metro area, regular grade averages $3.76 a gallon. that's up 20 cents in the last month. nationwide the average is also $3.76. a woman is recovering this morning after a radio bus ran -- radio bus owe ride-on bus ran over her foot. the rear wheels of the bus ran over her foot and pinned her. the bus driver also had to be treated at the scene for ant because of this. -- anxiety because of this. police are now investigating what happened.

a medical mystery investigation is under way right now in maryland. three members of the same family are dead all killed by the same respiratory illness. all three lived in lusby which is in calvert county by the bay. the maryland state department is investigating these deaths. the victims 81-year-old ruth blake, her 58-yard son lowell, her 51-year-old daughter vanessa. a fourth relative is recovering. >> i'm just concerned. it's a big loss to the family. we've got a large family. everybody is concerned what's going on. >> that was blake's nephew. he said doctors have checked other family members for symptoms. whatever it is, investigators were worried enough to put on hazmat suits before they went inside that home tuesday. the county's health department is dealing with a jump in viral gastroenteritis. it causes diarrhea and vomiting.

the county health department is encouraging you to wash your hands with soap and warm water regularly. same home when you're sick. try not to spread the virus. be sure to clean and disinfect any contaminated surfaces on your home and your clothing. a busy intersection near the anacostia metro station is one of the deadliest in the district. ddot released its list of the most dangerous intersections for pedestrians. martin luther king jr. avenue and howard road in southeast tops the list. number two on the list, h street and north capital street. you can see it right here. ddot says its numbers cover the last three years. also in the top five, 14th and u streets northwest, 15th and k streets northwest, and benning road at east capital street. coming up on 6:08. in about five more minutes, more from super tuesday. learn what lies ahead for the republican field as they head toward this summer's convention. it's not going to feel like summer today but it will feel more like spring. howard predicting highs in the

60s. your weather first is next on 9news now.

after a chilly tuesday, spring like temperatures on tap for today and tomorrow. we'll be into the upper 50s by noon. sunny, a little breezy, too. those gusts could be toward 20 miles an hour with highs approaching 65. on the northbound side of i-

95 here in newington, volume building into springfield. all lanes are open. the fairfax county parkway before i-95 an accident cleared. more on area roadways coming up once again in a couple of minutes at 6:18. here's what's making news now at 6:11. the cost of building metro's silver line from reston to ashburn is getting cheaper. not cheap, though, by any stretch. the airport authority is building the extension line. it says phase two will cost as much as $2.7 billion. that's a billion less than it had estimated last year. building above ground station saves a lot of that money. fairfax county police want to know how an explosive device got into a home that's for sale. it was found yesterday in the home on gilder street in franconia. the realtor says the owner of the home lives in afghanistan. they trotted out a war horse to unveil the upcoming

schedule at kennedy center. "the war horse" will show there. we're taking a closer look now at what the super tuesday ruts really mean. joining us is edward williams, a political analyst. let's talk a little bit about the results last night. romney looks like he's moving closer to getting the nod for the republicans. what sort of promises is he going to have to make to bring some of the other candidates on board as we maybe potentially look out into the future and see some of these folks drop out. >> he's going to have to consider who's best in terms of a vp candidate and who's going to give him an edge over barack obama. this is going to be a difficult challenge. but barack obama answered it with bringing on hillary clinton as secretary of state, bringing on joe biden as vp. those were both formidable candidates running against him. these are people who challenged

him that helped sharpen him in the primary debates. so i think mitt romney's challenge is to do the same, to basically create a game changer the same way mccain did with sarah palin. i'm looking at latinos. i'm looking at susannah martinez, the governor of new mexico, marco rubio, the senator from florida. these are people who could really add value. but the interesting thing here is that santorum gives romney an edge in terms of conservatives, true conservatives. newt gingrich is not an option for romney. i think romney knows that but newt gingrich might actually be good as a potential cabinet member. so i think he's going to have to start making those backroom deals, the sort of cronyism that a lot of people in washington say they don't really like but that's necessary in order to close the deal. >> let's talk a little bit about rick santorum. we can't count him out yet. he still has a lot of momentum. people lot him as a candidate,

maybe more so than mitt romney supporters. people are passionate about rick santorum. is he out of this or can he still pull this out? >> i'm not sure if he has a path to the nomination in terms of delegates because one of the interesting things now is that mitt romney is leading in the delegate count. but santorum may have had an argument had he done more than 50% in ohio. the interesting thing there is that he may have done so had there been no newt gingrich. but the fact that he has not won in ohio means that this is a difficult task for him in terms of getting the numbers -- the number of delegates that he needs in order to win the nomination. >> i want to ask you real quick before we go. a lot of people have talked about bob mcdonnell possibly coming up in this new administration if mitt romney wins. cue see him serving -- could you see him serving some sort of role? >> i'm not sure i can. mitt romney's campaign is focusing on every little

detail. this is a highly professional team here. they have calculated every step of the way. i have to say i think a lot of political analysts are going to look at last night and credit mitt romney's team. i think in terms of strategy, in terms of bob mcdonnell, in terms of who is going to fit best where, they're on it and i think we're going to see that in the coming weeks. >> this has been fascinating analysis. thanks so much for coming in and sharing your expertise with us. >> tank you for having me. >> absolutely -- thank you for having me. >> absolutely. howard was driving towards downtown washington yet and daffodils are coming up everywhere. >> a lot of things are coming up everywhere. spring has sprung with one of the warnest winters we've -- warmest winters we've dealt w. only two and a half inches of snow at reagan. it's done. i don't think we'll see snow again till next winter. that's just how it is this year, one of those winters that two years ago we got hammered. this year we got a nice, easy go of it. next year will be next year.

today clear and chilly this morning. a little breezy, too. 30s and 40s. so all a he definitely need the -- so you'll definitely need the jackets. with temperatures going into the low to mid-60s, i still think you'll need a light jacket only because of the winds will stay up. winds south about 15 miles an hour, could be gusting 20, 25. even at 4:00 63 with a high around 65. so just a little bit of a -- just a little bit of a chill still left out there but very nice. a lot better than yesterday when we only hit 49. by 8:00 we're down to 55 degrees. holding in the 40s tonight. a look at the weather headlines. a breezy and mild day today, even warmer tomorrow. 65 today. we could be 70 on thursday ahead of a cold front which will bring showers to us thursday night and i think most of them will be overnight and most of them will probably be over with before sunrise on friday morning except south and east of d.c. highs on friday will hold in the 50s. so back down closer to normal.

this morning the chill is in the air. columbia is 36. it's 33 at bwi while annapolis warmer thanks to the water, 41. college park also 41. upper 30s in bethesda at 38. fairfax also at 38. our friends down south 46. upper marlboro this morning they're missing but baden is 39 degrees. outside on our michael & son weather camera, clear skies behind the capitol dome. still have the flag standing just a little bit there with that wind which is out of the south, southwest at 16 miles an hour. that makes that 40 feel like 31. but look at all the warm et here. the national temperatures because you can see this big area of mild weather across chicago and nashville, little rock, kansas city. 50s and 60s. this is all sliding east so the really cold stuff on the east coast and up in payne, that will be dis-- maine, that will be displaced. today we're shooting into the 60s. here comes the front. tomorrow still with the southwesterly winds we're fine

although late in the day you'll notice some of those showers getting closer to hagerstown and maybe winchester. certainly western maryland. we'll see those tomorrow night pulling us down for friday. today 65 degrees. tonight in the 40s, breezy today, tonight and again on thursday where the winds could gust even over 30 miles an hour on thursday. your showers thursday night ending early on friday. friday cooler, 55. maybe 57. then a chilly saturday but a not bad sunday with time change saturday night. we spring ahead one hour. it is 6:18. over to monika with time saver traffic. we had a couple of issues in southern maryland. good morning. i think crews are just about beginning to clear up the first accident i've been telling you about for a while actually coming out of waldorf at route 228 and 229 coming into oxon hill on the northbound side of route 210 at swan creek road you have the lane blocked with an accident. the wilson bridge is fine leaving oxon hill on the loop. you'll be okay.

if you're planning to head over to the northbound side of 395, watch out for this delay through landmark. if you do this every day, you know about that. there are no problems to report. all lanes are open to the 14 rght street bridge. -- 14th street bridge. out west to 66 normal slow traffic out of manassas into centreville. out of gainesville an accident northbound route 29 before route 15 and authorities are telling us that all lanes are blocked there. we'll take a live look at 66 closer to the beltway. you have delays as you leave route 50 to 123. then here at nutley everything is final. coming up in my next report, i'll update you on that situation in southern maryland at 6:25. back to you. >> thanks. gldz 6:19. next the caps struggle in over t. according to a survey my men's health magazine, women are more attracted to men who don't do which of these things? a, smoke, b, shave every day, or c brag about themselves.

>> facebook friend barack says advice out there, c, brag about themselves, don't do it. actions speak louder than words. >> we'll reveal the answer coming up at 6:48.

our weather first on this wednesday morning. a chilly start. breezy, too. the winds will kick temperatures into the 60s this afternoon. so your day planner get ready this morning to be cold with some windchills down in the low 30s. we'll be in the mid-40s by 9:00. still with those winds out of the south, southwest all day. you notice the wind speeds at 15. that's sustained. gusts 20 to 25 with a 3:00 temperature around 63. high around 65. mike? >> thanks, howard. when you think of the indianapolis colts you think peyton manning and vice versa. not anymore. >> today the colts are expected

to announce they're cutting the superstar quarterback. the big reason here is money. today the colts omaning a $-- owe manning $28 million bonus unless they cut him. peyton manning has won the mvp award four times. he led the colts to a super bowl win and he's taken indianapolis to the post-season 11 times. without manning the team went 2- 14 this year. the capitals really needed two points last night to keep up in the playoff race but they were only able to get one. caps and canes at the verizon center. looks like through traffic. bam, there you go. that tied it up at 3. now they go to overtime. canes too much. caps lose 4-3 in overtime. they're two points behind winnipeg for a final playoff

spot. 15 games left to play now. in florida the nationals in spring training. jason wirth hit his first home run. 1-0 in the 2nd. then new starter geogonzalez had a pretty good first start. gave up just one hit. nats win 5-2. they host the cardinals this afternoon. the time 6:25. still ahead, hear from the 81- year-old woman who just collected a $310 million lottery jackpot. >> love it. cameras will soon be catching drivers who decide they want to drive behind a stopped school bus in montgomery county. learn what kind of punishment you'll face if do you this. monika has a quick check on traffic. >> prince william parkway to the occoquan river and pretty much all the way from lorton to

springfield.

we are back at 6:29. we have your weather first. we're glad you're look. a live look at the washington and jefferson monuments. a beautiful start. thank you so much for starting your day with us. i'm jessica doyle. andrea roane is off today. i'm mike hydeck. mr. bernstein live on the weather terrace. >> good morning.

got the jacket and gloves on. it's 40 but we have a wind at 15 miles an hour. so definite wind chills. we'll warm up nicely. the same winds which are making it chilly now will boost in the moderate air from the south and west. we're looking at 65 before the day is out. here's a look at the day planner. expecting sunny skies, at least mostly sunny skies all day. by noon we're in the upper 50s. by 5:00 we'll come down to about 62 after hitting 65 or so at reagan national. you see some of the high clouds coming into west virginia right now almost into pennsylvania. they'll be passing across the region from time to time. where the winds are dead calm in martinsburg and columbia, they're upper 20s. but in luray already 45. oakland 43. we're at 40 degrees. we're all going to see 60s today. low 60s right along the bay to mid-60s here in d.c. even the shenandoah valley a nice day. even warmer tomorrow. details coming up in a few minutes. right now inside to monika with

time saver traffic. >> thank you so much. good morning, jerve. a live look -- good morning, everybody. a live look at route 50. the brake lights begin from this point to route 123. then bunching up at the beltway but no big deals on 66. you also have the slow stretch manassas into centreville. let's take a look at the maps. the beltway has your normal slow traffic all around town but i just want to update ow a coup of things -- update you on a couple of things. in southern maryland the accident i've been telling you about for about an hour, route 228 and 229 has been cleared. northbound 210 at swan creek road left lane remains closed with abaccident. -- with an accident. on the northbound side right before the beltway is a disald vehicle in -- disabled vehicle in the road. it's slowing down on the utter loop of the beltway headed toward university boulevard at 44 miles an hour so not that bad. if you're planning to head on the outer loop, once you're here at connecticut avenue everything is fine. no problems toward bethesda. back over to the maps on the southbound side of i-270, slow

stuff as you head toward urbana about 42 miles an hour at route 80. coming up in my next report, we'll take a look into virginia at 6:43. super tuesday is done. where does the presidential campaign go from here? >> one of our local congressman will be on cbs this morning. the lovely gayle king joins us live with a preview from new york. good morning, gayle. >> hello, mike and jessica. where is andre came? >> she -- where is andrea? >> she took today off. >> she's allowed. coming up on cbs this morning, there's a lot to talk about after super tuesday. m.i.t. romney -- mitt romney won six of the ten states but rick santorum says he's happy after winning tennessee, oklahoma and north dakota. newt gingrich won georgia. he says that's good enough for him. we'll ask eric cantor of virginia where the race heads

next. mitt romney won the virginia primary but the win wasn't overwhelming. delia goncalves is here with a look at the old dominion contest. >> reporter: we know mitt romney wassen up against one -- was only up against one other candidate. a lot of folks say this will probably protest votes because some folks could not find their candidate on the ballot. in fact, that's because there were no write-ins allowed on the virginia ballot and there haven't been since the 1970's. emergency legislation to change that failed in the general assembly. names of the other candidates did not appear. why? because they failed to gather the 10,000 required signatures to do so and it's a very strict process. 400 of those signatures must come from each of the state's 11 districts and a virginia resident must gather the names. it all led to a very low voter turnout in virginia, just 5 %.

>> absentee voting has been very low. that's usually a good indicator of how election day will go. when you can't vote for the candidate you really want to vote for, it's going to be really difficult to get out to the polls. >> governor bob mcdonnell who supports romney released a statement after yesterday's results saying, quote, voters know that mitt romney is a strong principled ruts oriented conservative -- results oriented conservative who will bring people together to get our economy back on track and americans back to work. but he might be alone. others say romney is not seen as a true conservative and that's why he's having trouble connecting with southern voters and didn't take a whole lot of southern states last night. we know santorum kind of took those. >> he's a northeastern guy. he was the governor in massachusetts which is a very democratic state so he sort of had to mix the two. >> jess even mentioned that. northern virginia, the state is really mixed up so it's not a conservative southern state. >> it was so interesting. i took my daughter out to dinner at red robin.

there were not a lot of people wearing the "i voted" sticker you've seen in previous years. it's been an interesting turnout so far in virginia. >> they're saying this is no indication as to the voter turnout when it comes to november. they're still expecting virginia to be a hot ticket then. >> interesting. thanks, delia. private eyes are watching you on the school bus. ♪ montgomery county is putting some cameras on its buses. hear the beep? it will catch anyone not stopping when that red stop sign is out and students are getting on and off the bus. bob herndon has been driving the bus for 20 years and is a huge fan of this idea. >> i had one september 123 cars that i had recorded with tag numbers and turned it in. all it takes is a student drops a piece of paper or something and they go chasing it and right out into the traffic. >> the plan is to install those cameras before the start of

school next fall. as for the traffic ticket, that will cost you 250 bucks. health advocates and community leaders will show their support today for a plan to hike maryland's cigarette tax. governor martin o'malley's budget includes an increase about as much as 66%. other legislation would increase the tax on a pack of cigarettes from $2 to $3. your lunch from the food truck could soon be hit with a sales tax. under the proposal before the d.c. council, trucks like peppy owned by jose andres would have to pay a 10% sales tax. the measure would go before the council as early as next month. it's expected to go into effect october 1. tonight is your final chance to weigh in on metro's proposed fare hikes. share' slated to take effect this summer. tonight's meeting at first united methodist church which is 62 for 1 -- 6201 hill crest

road -- belcrest road in hyattsville, maryland. the hearing starts at 7:00. wall street will start today with a hangover from tuesday. worse day for the dow this year. a drop of 204 points down to 12,759. worse loss since september 23. the s&p and nasdaq also fell in trading. today is the day for ipad lovers. apple will unveil the newest version of its tablet computer. it's expected to have some modest upgrades over the last version. out of all of the tablet computers shipped in the last year, 63% of them ipads. from gadget geeks to car lovers, here's something to make you salivate this morning. it's a lamborghini. it goes 180 miles an hour. doesn't have a windshield but wind deflectors and it's one of the lightest cars lamborghini has ever made. if you have to ask how much it

costs, sorry, folks, you probably can't afford it. the price tag $2.7 million but it's already been sold. >> that's beautiful. you know who can afford a car like this? the 81-year-old lottery winner louise white. >> she won $336 million power ball jackpot. that's tip money for her. she came forward to collect her prize yesterday. the drawing was last month. the lump sum payment before taxes a cool $210 million. >> i want to say i'm very happy and i'm very proud and this will make my family very happy. we are truly blessed. thank you. >> very, very happy. louise opened a trust and named it rainbow sherbet trust after her son's favorite dessert. >> that's what she was going out at the supermarket when she bought that ticket. the time 6:38.

we have 40 degrees outside. >> add 20 to that and you'll get today's high. we have a sneak peek of the weekend coming up. in nine minutes learn who thinks we're the worst drivers. here's what's coming up tonight on channel 9.

6:43 and 40 degrees. you can see all the show spot. i want to tell but a couple of accidents. one came in on the westbound side of route 4 at suitland parkway. another one heading northbound at route 5. on the northbound side of i-95 a couple of long slow stretches as you leave dale city trying to get up into woodbridge and across the river here. then again it's going to be

basically from lorton all the way into springfield. we'll take a live look at 395 on the northbound side. your brake lights begin at edsall road past duke street most of the way to seminary. the good thing it's been incident free this morning. back over to the maps. this time we'll take a look on the north side of town. outer loop slow stretch from 95 to georgia avenue. let's take a look at 270 on the southbound side. it's still going to be slow for you from urbana down into clarksburg and then again through rockville at falls road as you head for the point where the lanes divide. but the lanes have been open this morning in both the main and hov lanes. a quick look downtown pennsylvania avenue at the willard hotel. everything is fine across all the potomac and anacostia river crossings as well. before i go, a note to tell all of you runners. general registration opens this afternoon at 3:00 for the marine corps marathon. register at mayor even-- at marinemarathon.com. last year the race filled up in 48 hours. the marathon will be held on

sunday, october 28. don't forget about the sun trust rock 'n' roll u.s.a. marathon. that's coming up in just over a week. friday, march 16 will be the finale of the kids races at 5:30. on saturday, march 17, it's the marathon and half marathon. we'll have live coverage that morning here on channel 9. you'll see a lot of familiar faces. i'm happy to say that switch foot will be headlining the concert. >> i never heard of them until i found out they were headlining the concert. i looked them up. they're fantastic. we have howard standing by. he's got great news over the next 48 hours. >> i do it's going to be nice and spring like. mrs. bernstein is running in the half marathon. we'll be down cheering her on. weather wise you'll be cheering as temperatures climb into the 60s, even around 70 for your thursday. kind of chilly right now. 30s with windchills as well this morning to about 40 or so here in washington. these skies are mostly sunny

and the sunrise happened about 15 minutes ago. for today, though, a good sunny day. partly to mostly sunny. high clouds passing at times. temperatures climbing from the low 40s at 8:00 to upper 50s by noon. it will be breezy most of the day, too. we could have gusts 20, 25 miles an hour with a 4:00 p.m. temperature about 63. that high around 65. then back in the 50s by 8:00 tonight. we're looking at temperatures tonight not nearly as cold as they are this morning. lots of 30s. just turned from bill up in smithsburg, he's 28. hagerstown 36. light winds mean 30 degrees at cross junction but winchester 39. with the winds up, we are -- where the winds are up, temperatures are warmer. where they're down they're in the upper 20s even. we have windchills this morning upper 20s to low 30s. definitely bundle up. there's the sun shining off the capital dome there with a temperature of 40. feeling like 31, though, as those winds still at a 16 mile an hour clip out of the south,

southwest. the barometer is high but not as high as yesterday. with the barometer pulling away, this is not reaching the ground. this is in southeastern virginia. we notice the high clouds that are streaming in. there's a cold front off this map. that's going to be arriving here as we get into tomorrow night and friday morning. out ahead of it, the winds will be southwesterly. that's what's going to boost us into the 60s today. it will keep us in the 40s tonight. then tomorrow we're going to get to 70 ahead of the front but look, by 5:00 p.m. tomorrow, hagerstown, martins burning and points west of there -- martinsburg and points west of there will be getting those showers. will be rolling in here for the most part thursday night into friday morning. 65 today. definitely milder than yesterday's 49. breezy, too. tonight about 46 or so as the winds stay up. 70 tomorrow. there are your showers tomorrow night into friday morning. we cool down into the 50s on friday. around 50 on saturday. time change weekend. we spring forward. then on sunday we're back in the low 60s. jessica? >> thank you, howard. spring break a month away for

families. summer will be here before you know it. >> it's time to think travel. parents magazine is out with its ten best hotel chains for families. these are the ones that can go out of their way to accommodate you and your kids. >> here are the top five for budget travelers. 99 to 149 a night and they are embassy suites, spring hill suites, hyatt house, residence inn and holiday inn. >> the magazine also ranked the best mid priced hotel chains for families. that falls between 150 and $200 a night. on that list lowe's, kimpton, jw marriott, omni and ways continue-- >> westin. you know the stereotype of americans overseas, we're loud, rude. it's apparently true. we've been voted the worst behaved tourist in the world. >> this is out from living social. it asked 5,000 people in five countries who are the worst visitors and we're the worst.

most of the people questioned in the survey were americans. canadians and australians agree. the irish said the british were the worst. the british don't like the germans visiting. a little bit of past history. 6:49 the time. time to reveal the question of the morning. we'll give you the question once again. here it is. according to a survey by men's health magazine, women are more attracted to men who don't do one of these things. a, smoke, b, shave every day, or c, brag about themselves. >> the answer is b, shave every day. i would think smoking would be the number one turnoff for women. >> they want somebody to have a little scruffy look now and again. >> i'm not buying it but okay. it's now time for today's daily deals. we have discounts to help you enjoy your upcoming spring break. offers.com is offering 20% off swimwear for the entire family from j. crew and you get free shipping. tends on friday. offers.com also has a deal with

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a little chilly this morning. we have breezes out there. temps in the 30s to lower 40s. but those breezes will warms up to the upper 50s by noon to 65 for the high today and we're driving home still breezy and 62. today's wednesday, march 7. here's a check of the news before you go. prince george's county council woman karen toles has been ticketed now for reckless driving. you remember last week we learned she was pulled over for going 105 miles an hour on the beltway but she only got a ticket for an unsafe lane change then. the reckless driving charge carries a $510 fine and points on her license. this may you'll be able to fly from reagan national to san francisco. united will offer the new service as part of its expansion of long distance service. in june american will begin service to lax and delta will add flights to salt lake city. on the ice the caps needed two points last night but only got one. carolina scored the game- winning goal in overtime. cbs this morning begins at the top of the hour with a

closer look at whether rush limbaugh's radio career is over. before that, we have one more check of traffic and weather right here. keep it with 9news now.

one more thing before we go. i can't stop talking about having herschel walker here. i met him when i was a little kid. he was at the university of georgia running a track meet. he became a n.f.l. star. he went on to several teams including the cowboys, minnesota vikings. >> he was here talking about a cool initiative. >> going to capitol hill with a bunch of other athletes including johnny miller and other n.f.l. greats talking about getting in shape. staying in shape. >> and having maybe gym class regularly. >> trying to keep funding for p.e. >> he was very gracious with

all of us here off camera as well. thanks, herschel, for coming by. weather wise a good day for him and everybody else. mid-60s today. with the winds 20, 25 out of the southwest boosting us to 70 tomorrow. most of the showers will be overnight tomorrow night into early friday. so friday may not be too bad but cooler, only in the 50s. hasn't been too bad on 270. a live look at the split. you have the slow traffic through rockville from sky 9. a quick look at the outer loop, our last live look on the outer loop slow from 95 to georgia avenue. cbs this morning is next. they're going to have more on the super tuesday results. howard and i will be back in 25 minutes with a live update on traffic and weather. you can get updates on the news, weather and traffic and check out the sun on the white house. visit us wusa9.com any time, anywhere. we'll see you right back here tomorrow morning starting at 4:25. have a great day. enjoy the weather, everybody. take care.